Marita R. Inglehart
Professor Marita R. Inglehart, Dr. phil. habil., is a Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan - School of Dentistry and an Adjunct Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology in the College of Literature, Science of Arts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Articles
Feature Article
Until the turn of the century, oral health had been primarily assessed with objective indicators of caries such as the number of decayed, filled or missing teeth due to caries or with periodontal health indicators such as probing pocket depth or bone loss. Similarly, outcomes of dental treatment were primarily determined by considering clinical parameters. Following a powerful movement in medicine, clinicians and researchers in the oral health arena have begun to realize the value of considering patient-centered outcomes (PCO) and subjective indicators of oral health.